Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かもめ
Hyōgai
つる > づる
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
鷗蔓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Literally, gull vine, (かもめ) (kamome, gull) + (つる) (tsuru, vine). The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ka̠mo̞me̞zɨɾɯ̟]

Noun

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(かもめ)(づる) (kamomezuru

  1. swallow-wort, general term for plants of genus Vincetoxicum